Get list of properties from List of objects

Currently I use foreach loop to return a list of object properties.

 class X
 {
     List<X> Z = GetXlist();
     List<String> r = new List<String>();
    
     foreach (var z in Z)
     {
         r.Add(z.A);
     }
    
     return r;
}

Is there a way that I can shorten this so that I don't have to write the foreach loop?

LINQ is the answer. You can use it to "project" from your object collection to another collection - in this case a collection of object property values.

List<string> properties = objectList.Select(o => o.StringProperty).ToList();

You could use LINQ:

List<X> Z = GetXlist();

List<String> r = Z.Select(z => z.A).ToList();

return r;

Or just,

return GetXlist().Select(z => z.A).ToList();

Find out more about LINQ. It is pretty useful.

List<string> properties = objectList.Select(o => o.StringProperty).ToList();

You Also Can Do By Private OverLoading Method and Use That in LINQ Query.